Proust Questionnaire: A Caring Tea's answers

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On Tue, 23 Feb 16 09:54:23 UTC A Caring Tea (51) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Loneliness, or Strep Throat.
Where would you like to live?: I would like to live in a moderate climate, maybe near a beach, perhaps the ocean, with a little land where I can putter and grow things, and have a donkey.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: The Peace of mind that comes with feeling unburdened of the weights of the world, near or with the ones I love, with a large quantity of books, the wonder of nature, and a few pets.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: My obsession with books, and my stubbornness when I feel that I am right.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Strong women who step outside the expectations of their time and place.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Louis Riel, Laura Secord, Tecumseh, Jesus because I don't understand the legend surrounding the man and I like to discuss it, Amelia Earhart without the tragic ending, Alan Turing, I'll think of more later.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My Aunt Ruth, my Mom, in a way, any author who can churn out a readable first novel, but especially Canadian, Ellen, Adele and anybody else who can turn their life around and make something of it, Jennifer Lawrence, Angelina Jolie for her humanitarian wrk.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Mina Harker, Katniss Everdeen, Jane Eyre, Hermione Granger, Scout... more
Your favorite painter?: of walls? Me. of art? van Gough (trendy, I know).
Your favorite musician?: Anyone who writes something that speaks to my heart, raises my spirits, and makes me sing out loud, especially in a minor key.
The quality you most admire in a man?: The ability to involve himself with his family and parent his children, along with kindness and morality.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, kindness, moral values, and a desire to make herself more than she was.
Your favorite virtue?: Of the Virtues? Charity. Broadly, kindness.
Your favorite occupation?: To be a writer, a successful one, and to be appreciated for my work.
Who would you have liked to be?: I would have liked to be me, but skinnier, more courageous and outgoing, self-confident, and someone who could and would shoot for her dreams. I would have liked to be first an Astronaut, then a screen actress, and after that, successful at work I loved.

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